Author: DPstaff

The Wrinkles of Poverty

Habib Khan, Quetta: Typically, our Saturday café (Ex-Baldia) sessions strive to steer clear of the…

Maria Callas: The Diva’s Tragedy

Maria Callas is the latest star to be given the Hollywood treatment in a biopic, Pablo Larraín’s Maria, with Angelina Jolie in the title role.

Infinity Ghazal Beginning With Lice and Never Ending With Lies

For Hasna Henna and the Rohingya: My aunt once drew a comb through my hair steady; she wouldn’t let what feeds on blood eat my inner tree.

تم اگر یورپ کی طرف ہجرت کرو گے

”تم اگر یورپ کی طرف ہجرت کرو گے، تو قانون کی پابندی بھی کرو گے،…

The Cold War’s Underground University

During the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was one of them.

Poem of the Day: You Are Your Own State Department

Forever I miss my Arab father’s way with mint leaves floating in a cup of sugared tea—his delicate hands arranging rinsed figs on a plate.

How to Excape From a Maze

Assume you know nothing about the First World War, but had heard the name and wish to learn about it. Reasonably, you turn to…

Why Climate Summit Keeps Failing

“All this means we are still looking at a future with global warming above 3˚C,” say climate scientist Mark Maslin…

When Emperors Become Endnotes

Everything fades so quickly, turns into legend and soon oblivion covers it. And those are the ones who shone. The rest—‘unknown…

New Era: Social Media Platforms and AI Challenging Mainstream Narrative

“The media is not all about state-of-the-art technology and the use of AI, but about…

A Firsthand Account of Homelessness in America

We see right through the unshowered soul living in a car by the beach, or by the Walmart, or by the side of the road. But he’s there…

Why Are Our Brains So Big? Because They Excel at Damage Control.

Dubbed “evolved neuroprotection,” the findings paint a picture of how our large brains gained their size, wiring patterns, and…